Melissa 640-046: FILTERS Important!

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• The nozzles are to be used as follows:

Floor nozzle Floors (brushes out)

Carpets (brushes in)

Combination nozzle Radiators, corners,

skirtings, etc.

Combination nozzle Furniture, curtains,

1. Turn off the vacuum cleaner, and remove the

extended (19a) drapes, books, frames,

etc.

plug from the wall socket.

2. Check whether the dust container is full,

• The floor nozzle has two settings. When

using the window (18).

cleaning hard surfaces (parquet flooring,

3. Remove the dust container from the vacuum

flooring tiles, etc.), the nozzle brushes should

cleaner by pressing the release button (9)

be extended. When cleaning carpets and

and lifting the handle on the dust container

rugs, the brushes should be retracted into

(see image on the right).

the nozzle. Press the brush change button

(1a) to switch between the two settings.

• If, during vacuuming, you need to pause to

move furniture etc., you can place the floor

nozzle in the parking holder (14) using the

fixture on the back of the nozzle.

FILTERS

This vacuum cleaner is not equipped with a dust

bag. The dust/dirt is sucked up into the

transparent dust container (8) instead. Once the

dust is in this container, it whirls around so that it

1. Take the dust container to a dustbin.

does not block suction. The air sucked in is

2. Turn the upper section of the dust container

cleaned by means of a washable permanent filter

anticlockwise, so the downward-pointing

in the dust container, a motor protection filter and

arrow on the far left of the upper section lines

an exhaust filter.

up with the arrow on the lower section.

Important!

3. Lift the upper section off the lower section,

and empty the container.

You must never vacuum without all three filters or

when a filter is damaged. If you do, dust may

penetrate into the interior of the vacuum cleaner

and damage the motor.

Emptying the dust container and cleaning the

permanent filter

It is easy to see when the transparent dust

container needs emptying.

4. Turn the permanent filter clockwise, remove

it from the upper section and tap it gently.

(We recommend that you do this while

holding the filter in a bag).

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